"Blood Red Summer" is the second single and sixth track from

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's second studio album, '' In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3''. A video was recorded and received airplay on

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, and

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. The video was on the first preview disk packaged with the

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. The song peaked at 29 on the US

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chart.

Music video

The music video of the song (directed by

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) begins with lead singer/guitarist,

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, in a cabin in the woods. He is shown setting up alarms and booby traps such as trip wires and spot lights outside the cabin and constructing a fence to surround the cabin. All the while he sees fellow band members

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, Michael Todd, and

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, only to suddenly close his eyes and then they are gone. Claudio is then shown sitting in a store room surrounded by shelves of canned food, batteries, and bottled water, eating

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soup from the can. As he eats, the spot lights come on and Claudio rushes to the nearest window to see his band mates outside running through his traps. Travis, Michael, and Josh all have glowing, red eyes and move in staggered motions. While looking through a spacing in the wooden door, Claudio fires an arrow from a compound bow which hits Josh in the chest but barely fazes him. The three "infected" band members eventually break into the cabin and surround Claudio, attacking him. Claudio wakes up on the floor in front of a door and seems dazed. As his eyes open they are glowing red as well. The video ends with the four band members staggering off through the woods, possibly in search of their next victim.

Single track listings

CD

# "Blood Red Summer" (4:05)

Song credits

Performers

(Vocals/Guitar) *

(guitar) * Michael Todd (bass) * Joshua Eppard (drums/Backing Vocals)

Producers

''Recorded at Applehead Studios in

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for Ill-Air Productions''. * Michael Birnbaum * Chris Bittner

Mastered by

*Roger Lian at Masterdisk

Charts

References

{{authority control Coheed and Cambria songs 2004 singles Music videos directed by Marc Webb 2003 songs Columbia Records singles Glam metal songs Songs written by Claudio Sanchez